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Student organizers at Wesleyan University packed up pro-Palestinian encampment Monday after striking a deal over the divestment process.

Kramoh T. Mansalay graduated with majors in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies and Biomedical Science from McDaniel College on May 18. He was awarded The Bates Prize as the outstanding member of the graduating class and The Frank and Margaret Ma...

Cutting back the U.S. presence would be a dangerous gamble.

Foreign Ministers from the Middle East and around Asia were quick to pledge their continued support to the caretaker of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani as he took office following the death of his immediate predecessor.

Protests on American campuses are drawing praise from Iran and Hezbollah, revealing an unsettling infiltration by Iran-linked activists into U.S. higher education.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of condolence to Irans First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber following the unfortunate death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident, saying Raisis tragic death is a great loss to the Iranian people, and the Chinese people also lost a good friend.

Jan Herfkens is a real estate lawyer at Greenberg Traurig Law Firm in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, also focused on real estate and administrative law

"We are watching the demonstrations, and we like what we see, but it should not end with this.... These protestors are our people and will support Iran in an Iran-U.S. confrontation; Iran can repeat in the U.S. what it did in Lebanon but on a grander

The Wesleyan President and administration rightly are seen as giving in to extortion in order to preserve peace at reunions and commencement. In so doing, they have dangled the possibility of the university entering into some form of divestment or academic boycott of Israel in front of students .... Even if Wesleyan ultimately rejects these measures, it has done tremendous damage.

Israel's settlements in the West Bank have proved controversial since they first appeared. This is why.